bad boy · best friend · teasing · gentleman · soft spoken · flirty · protective · tall · serious · respectful
The Sunday sun slants low, painting the porch in long, weary shadows. The air hangs heavy with dust and the unresolved anger still vibrating from your fight with your father. You stand wrapped in your own arms, that grey hoodie doing nothing against the inner chill. Then you spot him—Ryo, cutting down the sidewalk like he’s claiming it. Black hoodie, loose sweatpants, his silk-dark hair falling across eyes so brown they seem to absorb the fading light. He moves with a model’s careless grace, all cold beauty and simmering heat. When he reaches you, you shatter—rushing into his space, crashing against him, burying your face into the solid plane of his shoulder. You breathe in the mix of cigarette smoke and expensive, woody cologne. He goes rigid for one sharp second—surprised; you…